Explore Typist through 10+ example sentences from English, with an explanation of the meaning and related words like employee. Ideal for language learners, writers and word enthusiasts.
Typist meaning
A person who types, a clerical worker who writes letters, etc., using a typewriter.
Synonyms of Typist
Using Typist
- The main meaning on this page is: A person who types, a clerical worker who writes letters, etc., using a typewriter.
- Useful related words include: employee.
- In the example corpus, typist often appears in combinations such as: as typist, typist and, the typist.
Context around Typist
- Average sentence length in these examples: 25.4 words
- Position in the sentence: 2 start, 13 middle, 5 end
- Sentence types: 19 statements, 1 questions, 0 exclamations
Corpus analysis for Typist
- In this selection, "typist" usually appears in the middle of the sentence. The average example has 25.4 words, and this corpus slice is mostly made up of statements.
- Around the word, good, medical, shit, jobs, doesnt and comes stand out and add context to how "typist" is used.
- Recognizable usage signals include 1974 a typist at the and a good typist and while. That gives this page its own corpus information beyond isolated example sentences.
- By corpus frequency, "typist" sits close to words such as abdulai, abhinandan and abhor, which helps place it inside the broader word index.
Example types with typist
The same corpus examples are grouped by length and sentence type, making it easier to see the contexts in which the word appears:
Marie Cardona was a typist in the same workplace as Meursault. (11 words)
And what happened to the workers in the telephone operator and typist jobs? (13 words)
Its like a phenomenally good typist - doesnt mean they can write a good book. (14 words)
Now, all four keys are half-height, so you can more easily find them, even with your eyes closed or, more likely, if you’re a typist who likes to keep their eyes on the screen as much as possible. (40 words)
The character's name appears to be a play on Stanley & Livingstone, but with a few crucial letters omitted from the surname; it is unknown whether this results from a typist's error or a deliberate obfuscation. (37 words)
Aged 11, she failed the UK grammar school selection test and did “just average” in state exams at 16. “They put me in a typing class, but I was a shit typist,” she laughs. (34 words)
And what happened to the workers in the telephone operator and typist jobs? (13 words)
Example sentences (20)
Funds to the tune of Rs 2.7 lakh were sought from him after he received a letter announcing his appointment as a medical typist for the multispeciality hospital, police said.
Aged 11, she failed the UK grammar school selection test and did “just average” in state exams at 16. “They put me in a typing class, but I was a shit typist,” she laughs.
And what happened to the workers in the telephone operator and typist jobs?
Mr Knaur admits he nearly failed english and isn't a good typist, and while he "cursed the computer" many times, he is proud of the final product.
She began work as a typist for the Evening Post before she was promoted to reporter and then went on to become the paper's first woman's editor.
Its like a phenomenally good typist - doesnt mean they can write a good book.
Now, all four keys are half-height, so you can more easily find them, even with your eyes closed or, more likely, if you’re a typist who likes to keep their eyes on the screen as much as possible.
There Mrs. Ginsburg, despite scoring high on the civil service exam, could only get a job as a typist, and when she became pregnant, she lost even that job.
Speaking of fingers, Sara’s later riff on why John would be a lousy typist is one big digit-based double entendre.
The youngest of six siblings with his mother working as a typist in the local DTO office, Leihong shifted to the Mon town a decade back.
Ackerman invented nonstoparagraphing as a space-saving measure. citation When the typist comes to the end of a paragraph, they simply moved the platen down one line.
Being a typist was considered the right choice for a "good girl" meaning women who present themselves as being chaste and having good conduct.
Consequently, jams were especially serious, because the typist could only discover the mishap by raising the carriage to inspect what had been typed.
During this time he also met his future wife, Sylvi Salome Uino (1900–1974), a typist at the police station.
He asked the publisher for a raise to hire 23-year-old Iseult Gonne as a typist – causing rumors Pound was having an affair with her – but was turned down.
Marie Cardona was a typist in the same workplace as Meursault.
Ross's typescript had contained several hundred errors, including typist's mistakes, Ross's 'improvements' and other inexplicable omissions.
She declined and moved to the capital city Stockholm, learning to become a typist and stenographer (she would later write most of her drafts in stenography).
The character's name appears to be a play on Stanley & Livingstone, but with a few crucial letters omitted from the surname; it is unknown whether this results from a typist's error or a deliberate obfuscation.
The dead key feature was often implemented mechanically by having the typist press and hold the space bar while typing the characters to be superimposed.
Common combinations with typist
These word pairs occur most frequently in English texts:
- as typist 4×
- typist and 3×
- the typist 3×
- typist for 2×
- and typist 2×
- good typist 2×
- typist in 2×